Where does “sud” come from?
Sud is an English word of uncertain meaning whose etymology traces through Proto-Germanic seuþaną and Proto-Indo-European -idyé-, though the connection through Ancient Greek -ίζειν remains unclear.
sud (English): A bubble of lather or foam
Definitions
- A bubble of lather or foam
Ancestry of “sud”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | sod | That stratum of the surface of the soil which is... |
| 2 | English | sodden | Soaked or drenched with liquid; soggy, saturated;... |
| 3 | Middle English | sodden | — |
| 4 | Old English | soden | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sodan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sudanaz | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | seuþaną | to seethe; boil |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂sewt- | to roil; to move about, roil, seethe |